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Old 06-05-2011, 10:02 AM
RENN SCHNELL RENN SCHNELL is offline
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When you use a large wheel/tire combo on the front, anything over a 9.0, 9.5" wide wheel and wider than a 255 tire you'll get what's called tramlining.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete....jsp?techid=47

This is when the front tire catches the ruts or groves in the road, mostly highway driving and makes the car difficult to control or steer.

Having a larger front tire/wheel combo is great for road racing, especially on large, heavy, high horsepower applications. With the larger rear tires like a 335 or 345 rear and allot of HP, the car is really going to push hard on the front tires, thus the bigger fronts with more grip will help this.

I prefer a 9.0" or 9.5" front with a 255 tire for street use in 18" or 19" sizes. The overall diameter is a good match with most of your larger rear tires. Take a look at the tire charts from the manufacturers and check the overall diameters of the tire sizes.

Hope this helps, good luck!
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